Author: PEVSNER Nikolaus
Title: The Buildings of England. Cornwall. THE FIRST PEVSNER IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Description: Penguin,, [1951]. 8vo., First Edition, with double-page map as frontispiece, 91 plates on 64 and numerous illustrations in the text,neat signature on front free endpaper; original printed wrappers, a remarkably bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST WORK IN PEVSNER'S MONUMENTAL SERIES. Published as Penguin BE1, this unassuming volume marked the beginning of the most popular architectural survey of the twentieth century. VERY SCARCE IN THE ORIGINAL BLUE DUSTWRAPPER (not issued until 1954). Buildings of England 1; Cherry PC1, PJ1.

Keywords: topography, cornwall, architecture, pevsner, nikolaud pevsner, buildings of england


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